There's been alot of issues and hand wringing on the homeless in Cincinnati recently. Why? It's not a new issue. We've had homeless people around for years and years...in fact...remember way back when they were hobo's and there was an air of fun about it. It was the town drunk who never amounted to anything.

Now we have the left who want to "fix" everything and simply can't let people fall on their faces.

The homeless now for some reason have organized and seem like they are "entitled" to something???

Mike McConnell - who always seems to have the right opinion on things - just said it this morning. For the most part, these people have made many, many many bad choices to get to their current state. They didn't just lose a job last week and are suddenly homeless. Yes, many have drug problems, yes, many have mental issues. But there is/ was programs available years ago that could have helped them. Many of these people want to be homeless, or they simply don't want to do what's required to get them out of this. They've burned every last bridge with family / friends and they are now homeless.

There's been alot of issues and hand wringing on the homeless in Cincinnati recently. Why? It's not a new issue. We've had homeless people around for years and years...in fact...remember way back when they were hobo's and there was an air of fun about it. It was the town drunk who never amounted to anything.

Now we have the left who want to "fix" everything and simply can't let people fall on their faces.

The homeless now for some reason have organized and seem like they are "entitled" to something???

Mike McConnell - who always seems to have the right opinion on things - just said it this morning. For the most part, these people have made many, many many bad choices to get to their current state. They didn't just lose a job last week and are suddenly homeless. Yes, many have drug problems, yes, many have mental issues. But there is/ was programs available years ago that could have helped them. Many of these people want to be homeless, or they simply don't want to do what's required to get them out of this. They've burned every last bridge with family / friends and they are now homeless.

Iím more sympathetic bc some of them are vets who couldnít reintegrate into society. That said, walking past the settlement on the other side of the street, it reeked of every mixture of bodily fluid imaginable. Itís a health crisis and needs to be dealt with.

Iím more sympathetic bc some of them are vets who couldnít reintegrate into society. That said, walking past the settlement on the other side of the street, it reeked of every mixture of bodily fluid imaginable. Itís a health crisis and needs to be dealt with.

Again, here is where we start "sympathizing"...I'm not saying there aren't issues that are somewhat out of the control of these people, but if you are pitching a tent, in a public place, and there are drug needles, other paraphernalia, feces, urine...then that's simply not acceptable.

Yes, there may have not been programs 20+ years ago for vets, but those days are long gone. There are so many outreach programs for any ailment you can find out there.

Many of these people want to be homeless, or they simply don't want to do what's required to get them out of this. They've burned every last bridge with family / friends and they are now homeless.

Damn, man. I know I've ragged on you a lot but serious props to you for going down along 3rd Street and talking to each individual homeless person, getting their story and finding out how they got to where they are. Most people just look at them in disgust, you look at them as people. That's very big of you.

Damn, man. I know I've ragged on you a lot but serious props to you for going down along 3rd Street and talking to each individual homeless person, getting their story and finding out how they got to where they are. Most people just look at them in disgust, you look at them as people. That's very big of you.

And I'm sure you've done the same...

My post is in general...and it's the truth for most...you like to take the 3% of a situation and base your beliefs on that. I tend to go with the percentages...the overwhelming percentages...

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Yes, there may have not been programs 20+ years ago for vets, but those days are long gone. There are so many outreach programs for any ailment you can find out there.

Not true. There are plenty of programs for US Veterans that are having problems,
every county in Ohio as a Veterans Service Commission office...

"Our Mission
On February 13, 1862, the General Assembly of the State of Ohio memorialized its decision to provide "for the relief of the necessities to .[veteran]. who now are, or hereafter may be, in the service of the state or the United States."

You just need a DD-214 and if you don't have one they will help you get one and have it recorded
so you don't even have to carry it. They will also help you secure a Veterans ID Card.
(I don't have a Vet-ID / I carry my Military retired ID and my drivers license also
indicates that I am a Vet)

14red is more correct about the homeless than many want to believe. The ones that are homeless out of bad luck do not stay homeless long. The ones that are long term homeless have no ambition to not be homeless. They're generally people who want to live a life devoid of any responsibility. I know this after talking to hundreds of homeless people. Oh, and they are very good manipulators and liars. Most of the sob stories you hear from them are pure BS aimed at gaining sympathy and ultimately some of your cash. This is of course not applicable to the many who have a mental illness.

When I first moved to Tucson, I was shocked by the number of apparently homeless people roaming the streetss. Then someone explained that it was because of the weather as it rarely got below 50 even on winter nights. One or two blankets would do the trick as they slept in one of the parks.

Heard on the radio this afternoon roughly a quarter of the homeless in Cincinnati are under 18 and a third are families. Also, they stated that the majority sleeping on the streets (those generally refusing to stay at shelters) have behavioral health and/or substance abuse issues.

Food for thought for those lamenting vets being homeless. Active duty military are counted as homeless when they are on leave going to a new assignment, when they get to the new assignment until they find permanent quarters and possibly (I'm not certain of this) when they are TDY. They are counted that way because they have no permanent address at the time. Plus the numbers don't hurt when it comes to groups begging for money to help the "homeless".

I don't want to see vets as yet another special interest group. Vets are owed what they are owed and that's about it.

The elephant: being a vet, is not the same as being a combat vet. And even as a combat vet, you are responsible for yourself.

Using the government as a charitable mercenary, even for vets in MY opinion takes the charity out of charity. If someone has as red stated, burned every bridge, that is on them and that puts them on the mercy of the charitable feelings of others. They should not become another welfare state, other than as is applied to anyone due those services.

How to dispense that charity? There are organized gangs of beggers claiming this and that. I don't feel people should have to risk harrassment or scams or even approach just because they walk down a street but hedge my bet, what should be forbidden and what is just bad manners.

I don't want to see vets as yet another special interest group. Vets are owed what they are owed and that's about it.

The elephant: being a vet, is not the same as being a combat vet. And even as a combat vet, you are responsible for yourself.

Using the government as a charitable mercenary, even for vets in MY opinion takes the charity out of charity. If someone has as red stated, burned every bridge, that is on them and that puts them on the mercy of the charitable feelings of others. They should not become another welfare state, other than as is applied to anyone due those services.

How to dispense that charity? There are organized gangs of beggers claiming this and that. I don't feel people should have to risk harrassment or scams or even approach just because they walk down a street but hedge my bet, what should be forbidden and what is just bad manners.

We are more giving society than at any time in history. Free food stores, homeless shelters, government subsidy housing, we give, give, give folks. And that's part of the problem. We are creating generations of irresponsible people who simply have zero work ethic. Actually read and article the other day that health insurers are considering delivering healthy meals to people because they can't make healthy meals for themselves. Let's see how that one works out.

We are more giving society than at any time in history. Free food stores, homeless shelters, government subsidy housing, we give, give, give folks. And that's part of the problem. We are creating generations of irresponsible people who simply have zero work ethic. Actually read and article the other day that health insurers are considering delivering healthy meals to people because they can't make healthy meals for themselves. Let's see how that one works out.

Somewhere you said you follow the percentages. What are your percentages that health insurers are considering delivering healthy meals has to do with profits and losses? They see money in it?

If a for profit or private business is involved in company MANDATED "charitable" effort, it is being done for business. The conversation here is government charity, not private enterprise "charity" nor private citizen charity. Hiring the government as a mercenary does not bring a feeling of self fullfillment to me and I wouldn't let anyone extort me into that belief. I don't believe it satisfies my responsibilities as a human being to hire the government as my charitable mediator.